Dodgers ‘betting’ on repeat performance from reluctant reliever Kenta Maeda

LOS ANGELES — Kenta Maeda is asked a very American question and laughs it off.
What does it matter whether he has learned to enjoy pitching out of the bullpen? He won’t admit to enjoying life as a starter either.
“It’s not enjoyable. It’s a very hard job,” Maeda said through an interpreter.
“It’s the Japanese way of thinking. You want us to work hard instead of have fun. In Japan, if you have too much fun you get in trouble.”
Maeda has been a